Founded 2020 · Bengaluru, India

We're building
the future of
learning.

KidsVerse started with two parents, two laptops, and a lockdown. Today we're a team of 60+ people making AI-powered education genuinely joyful for children across 30+ countries.

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🎯 Our Mission
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Every child on Earth deserves a world-class education — regardless of where they were born, what language they speak, or how much their parents earn.

📖 Our Story

From a lockdown side-project
to 50,000 families.

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2020 · Apr

Founded During a Lockdown

Arjun and Riya, both parents stuck at home, spent 6 months building the first prototype of KidsVerse on weekends. Mission: make learning as addictive as YouTube.

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2021 · Jan

1,000 Families in 30 Days

Our first public beta launched on ProductHunt. We hit 1,000 families in the first month — all organic, zero paid advertising. The team nearly cried.

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2022 · Mar

Series A — $8M Raised

Sequoia India led the round. We used every rupee to hire the best educators and engineers we could find, and launched the full AI tutor — Buddy.

🎓
2022 · Sep

Educator Tools Launched

We heard from 500+ teachers who wanted to use KidsVerse with their classes. We built the entire educator product in 60 days. Today it's used in 3,000+ schools.

🌍
2023 · Jun

Gone Global: UAE, UK, USA

After 2 years of India focus, we opened KidsVerse to international families. PPP pricing launched to ensure no family is priced out based on their country.

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2024 · Feb

UNESCO Digital Learning Award

Named one of the top 10 ed-tech platforms globally by UNESCO's Digital Learning Network. The team celebrated with a spontaneous office dance.

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2025 · Now

50K+ Families · 30+ Countries

Today KidsVerse serves 50,000+ families across 30+ countries. We're just getting started. The next chapter: 1 million families by 2027.

👥 The Team

Built by parents, educators,
and engineers who care.

A cross-functional team focused on learning science, safe AI, and joyful product craft.

👨‍💼
Arjun Nair
Co-Founder & CEO
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Arjun Nair

Former product lead at BYJU's. Passionate about making quality education accessible to every child on the planet. IIT Bombay alumnus.

Fun fact:
Can solve a Rubik's cube in 47 seconds
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Riya Sharma
Co-Founder & CTO
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Riya Sharma

Ex-Google engineer turned edtech builder. Led the architecture of KidsVerse's adaptive AI engine. MIT Media Lab research affiliate.

Fun fact:
Speaks 5 programming languages, 4 human ones
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Dr. Priya Kulkarni
Head of Curriculum
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Dr. Priya Kulkarni

PhD in Educational Psychology from Delhi University. Designed learning frameworks for 3 national curricula before joining KidsVerse.

Fun fact:
Has read every Roald Dahl book aloud, twice
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Siddharth Rao
Head of Design
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Siddharth Rao

Previously at Figma and Canva. Believes great design is invisible — you only notice bad design. Created KidsVerse's signature neo-brutalist visual language.

Fun fact:
Draws portraits of his houseplants
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Ananya Mehta
Head of Growth
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Ananya Mehta

Scaled Zepto's growth from 50 cities to 500. Now applying consumer-grade growth thinking to education for the first time.

Fun fact:
Ran three marathons while pregnant
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Vikram Bose
Lead AI Researcher
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Vikram Bose

Former researcher at DeepMind. Specialises in large language models adapted for child-safe, curriculum-aligned educational contexts.

Fun fact:
Teaches his cat to do calculus (work in progress)
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Neha Joshi
Head of Partnerships
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Neha Joshi

Built school partnerships across 14 Indian states. Passionate about making KidsVerse the default learning layer for every classroom in the country.

Fun fact:
Can name every Indian state capital backwards
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James Liu
Head of International
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James Liu

Grew up between Singapore and London. Led international expansion at Duolingo before joining KidsVerse to bring the platform to 50+ countries.

Fun fact:
Tried every national dish of every country he's visited
💡 What We Believe

Six things we will never compromise on.

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Child First, Always

Every product decision starts with a single question: does this genuinely help the child? Not the parent. Not the teacher. The child.

🌍

Equity of Access

A brilliant child in rural Bihar deserves the same quality education as one in Singapore. Our PPP pricing and offline mode exist because of this belief.

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Evidence Over Hype

We don't ship features because they're trendy. We ship features that are backed by peer-reviewed learning science. No gimmicks — ever.

😄

Joy Is Pedagogy

Learning that feels like play sticks for life. Learning that feels like work is forgotten by Monday. Every KidsVerse experience is designed to be genuinely delightful.

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Parents as Partners

We don't keep parents in the dark. Weekly AI reports, detailed progress dashboards, and honest assessment — because parents are the most important educators.

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Safe by Design

COPPA compliant. GDPR compliant. Zero ads. Zero data selling. Zero third-party trackers in the child-facing experience. Safety is non-negotiable.

📰 Press & Media

As seen in.

TechCrunch
""KidsVerse is the Duolingo of children's education""
2024
Forbes India
""30 Under 30: Arjun Nair is rewriting how India learns""
2024
Times of India
""The startup that made 2 million kids love maths""
2023
Economic Times
""Series A: KidsVerse raises $8M to scale AI tutoring""
2022
BBC World Service
""Can AI actually teach children? KidsVerse says yes""
2024
NDTV
""KidsVerse: The app that replaced WhatsApp in schools""
2023
🏆 Recognition

Awards & honours.

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UNESCO Digital Learning Award
UNESCO
2024
App of the Year — Education
Google Play India
2024
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Best EdTech Startup
NASSCOM Product Conclave
2023
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Forbes 30 Under 30 — Education
Forbes India
2024
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Most Loved Kids App
App Store India
2024
🌱
Social Impact Startup of the Year
YourStory
2023
📍 Where We Work

Four offices, one mission.

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Bengaluru
India 🇮🇳
WeWork, Koramangala, Bengaluru 560034
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Mumbai
India 🇮🇳
Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai 400051
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Dubai
UAE 🇦🇪
DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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London
UK 🇬🇧
WeWork, 30 Churchill Place, London E14
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🚀 Careers

7 open roles.
Maybe one is yours.

We hire for attitude and grow for skill. Every team member is also a user — we're all parents, educators, or lifelong learners.

Senior Angular Developer
Engineering·Bengaluru·Full-time
AI/ML Engineer (NLP)
AI Research·Remote India·Full-time
Curriculum Designer (STEM)
Education·Bengaluru·Full-time
Growth Marketing Manager
Growth·Mumbai·Full-time
📬 Get in Touch

We reply to every message.

Partnerships, press, schools, NGOs, or just a hello — reach us here and we'll respond within one business day.

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General
hello@kidsverse.app
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Press & Media
press@kidsverse.app
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Schools & NGOs
partnerships@kidsverse.app
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mission.

Whether as a family, an educator, a school, or a team member — there's a place for you at KidsVerse.

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